Sonic the Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled SEGA CD port of SEGA Genesis platformer; 1992)
Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platformer developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA for the SEGA Genesis. An enhanced port of the game for the Genesis' add on the SEGA CD was planned but never ended up releasing.
Background
While the American SEGA Technical Institute worked with original Sonic Team members such as Yuji Naka to develop Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Genesis, a smaller Japanese Sonic Team led by Sonic's character designer Naoto Ohshima was tasked with bringing Sonic to the SEGA CD. This project started out as an enhanced port of the original Sonic the Hedgehog[1] with its first appearance being at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show 1992 in a sizzle reel showcasing upcoming releases. It was teased again later that year in with a brief appearance issue #11 of Mega Play with it confirming that the game would feature enhanced CD-quality music.[2] This was the port's last appearance before being silently cancelled in favor of the team creating Sonic CD.[1]
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See Also
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (partially lost unaired pilot of DIC animated series; 1992)
- Archie Comics' Sonic The Hedgehog "Endangered Species" (lost original storyline of comic book series based on "Sonic The Hedgehog" game series; 2013)
- Archie Comics' Sonic Underground epilogue (lost production material from cancelled comic based on animated TV show; 2012-2013)
- Archie Comics' Sonic Underground epilogue (lost production material from cancelled comic based on animated TV show; 2012-2013)
- Asi Se Juega Mario & Sonic en los Juegos Olímpicos London 2012 (lost Mexican TV promotional bumpers of event; 2012)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (lost build of cancelled 3DS version of Wii U crossover sports/party game; existence unconfirmed; 2013)
- SegaSonic the Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled 32X port of arcade platformer; existence unconfirmed; 1994)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (lost Teen rated version of platformer; 2005)
- Sister Sonic (lost build of cancelled "Sonic the Hedgehog" localization of "Popful Mail" Sega CD side-scrolling platformer; 1993)
- Sonic 3D Blast (found cassette demo tape of unused game soundtrack; 1996)
- Sonic Adventure New Year's DLC (found "Sonic the Hedgehog" holiday-themed DLC; 1998)
- Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (found iOS game; 2010)
- Sonic Boom 2013 (lost livestream of "Sonic the Hedgehog" convention; 2013)
- Sonic Cafe (partially found Japanese Sega mobile games; 2001-2007)
- Sonic DS (lost Nintendo DS tech demo; 2004)
- Sonic Generations (lost game demo; 2010)
- Sonic Jr. (lost build of unreleased Sega Pico game; existence unconfirmed; 1994)
- Sonic Live in Sydney (lost footage of video game-based live show; 1997-2000)
- Sonic Riders (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance port of racing game; 2006)
- Sonic Saturn (lost build of cancelled Sega Saturn prototype of platformer; mid-1990s)
- Sonic Sports (lost build of cancelled Sega 32X sports game; 1995)
- Sonic Synergy (lost original build of "Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric" Wii U action-adventure game; 2007-2013)
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World (lost script of cancelled film adaptation of video game series; 1990s)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled Amiga port of Sega Genesis platformer; 1992)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Tokyo Toy Show prototype build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1990)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Winter Consumer Electronics Show 1991 demo build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1991)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (lost build of Tokyo Toy Show tech demo of multiplatform platformer; 2005)
- Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (lost build of cancelled iOS port of Sega Genesis platformers; 2014)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode III (lost build of cancelled sequel to episodic platformer; mid-2010s)
- Sonic The Hedgehog: Awakening (lost build of cancelled "Sonic the Hedgehog" game; existence unconfirmed; late 2000s)
- Sonic Triple Trouble (lost Master System conversion of Sega Game Gear platformer; 1994)
- Sonic-16 (lost build of unreleased Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game based on "Sonic the Hedgehog" animated TV series; 1993)
- Sonic The Hedgehog SatAM (partially lost unused TV intro for animated series; 1993)
- Sonic X-Treme (found build of unreleased Sega Saturn video game; 1996)
- Sonic Runners (found endless runner mobile game; 2015)
- Super Sonic (lost build of cancelled Sega CD port of Sega Genesis platformer "Sonic the Hedgehog 2"; existence unconfirmed; 1992-1993)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DF Retro: Sonic CD - under-appreciated but still brilliant today by John Linneman for EuroGamer Retrieved 30 Jan '22
- ↑ Mega Play issue 11 page 30. Retrieved 28 Apr '19